Neil
says - See how optimizing processors for SSD can gain a 2x to 250+x speed-up on
popular functions as well as reduce the energy consumed by a similar amount!
This
page shows the results of 6 optimizations along with Application Notes showing
the details for
Lempel Ziv
compression (pdf) and
AES encryption
(pdf and image).

Neil
says This has an interesting write-up of SSD basics from Emmanuel Goossaert, Software Engineer at
Booking.com - while he was trying to
figure out how best to optimize applications for the way the SSDs work.